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M. S. SHAPIRO.

SIGNAL DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION EILED ocr. 9. 1920.

1,405, 1 65 Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

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Beit .knowii'tha't i zen fl lieaU itedState H Easte ra kwt b-Q t i g i tfBr klyi un y o ing .cityfa d State. of New York, have nventeda certain new and use- 1 rlfo et x efi i g a t i teme le e t t imobile is going to il .lmpjre iem Automobiles, I,

sr c cat e y n enti ,Numergus a c d t ave. been v f anse the present time because6ttht1'fa9 1 a it is customary for such signals to be given'iby V the driver 'stretchinggeutone of his hands.

According to my invention a light and portable device is secured which isvery compact when in the closed or inoperative position and in which the signalcan-bel'l widely extended so as to give thexproper,

warning.

Another object of my invention is to produce a device which will b'every light and which can be Operated by means'of anelec;

, tric current. I

Other objects of'my invention w'illbe des scribed in the following description and drawings which illustrate a' preferred embodiment thereof.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing myde; vice 1n the extended or operative position.

F 1g. 2 1s a top'view OfFlg. land 18 par-I tially in section- I a -F1g. 3 1s a vlew similar to Fig. lshowlng the device in its inoperative or collapsed poelectro-magnet 2 of any suitable construe-I tion, the current to the coils thereof being j. supplied by thewires 3 which can'be cona nected to any suitable sourceof electric cur rent by means including a switch so that the circuit can be made and brokenv by the driver whenever desired. These details are not illustrated in the drawings as in themselves they are old and :well known. The armature for the electro-magnet 2 is pivoted at 5 and is normally held inthe position shown in Fig. 3 bymeans of the spring 6. The

fii nt iD viw fe I .10 oi a. lazy-tongs structure,the said-rods '10 being fpivoted. to each other atfthe'points I 211 vas is'cwell known in, devices of thischar V ,acter'and being'alsopiviotally, connec'ted at, thepoints 12. i f E If ifllhe' lazy tongs structure may be con-f he following is a 'iinlvfron non.- AUTOMQBILES.

.Specifie'ation ofLetters'latentf Patented J an; 31 1922. t th ir? ne ime- 1sea e afiendot the. armature' l is, provided with: gear fyteethjas shown in FigsQl and -2,andithese' r 'ldiiigatBT l,

gearteeth mesh withfthe uppergear 7 which is also in mesh 'with the lower g ar 8. The

The -pivot members 9ca rry the rear rods nected tothe canvas signal" handllfat the gea s? and. 8 havep ivot. members :9 which are" connected tothe'casing 1.

outermost pivoted point 15 }and iffd'esired may alsobe connected toi the g'said hand at t l vP it 7 l- 9 The rod 16 whichisc onnec'ted to the end of the lazy-tongs structure is secured to the fingerpartof the signal hand at the point around the roller 18 which is urged by the spring 19- t normally revolve so as to keep the signal hand '14: within the casing 1 as is shown in Fig. 3.

1 signal hand 14 is made of canvas or other suitableflexible materialand is rolled When, however, the electro-magnet 2 is energized and the armature is pulled down from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown in Fig. 1, the upper gear 7 is're'volved counter-clockwise and the lower vgear 8 is revolved clockwise so as to throw the lazy-tongs structure forward and unroll the'signal hand 14 from the rolleragainst the force of the spring 19 and throw the hand into the operative position illustrated in Fig. 1.

If desired the signal 'casing'maybe provided with an electric bulb 20 and with a lens 21 so as to illuminate thelicense, number plate or the plate bearing the license number may be attached to the casing 1 in any suitable way and illuminated in any suitable way.

It is alsoobvious that the device may be the lazy-tongs, structure, it is obvious that other devices adapted to be operated by the gear wheels could be substituted therefor.

I claim r face adapted to cause the operation of two gear Wheels, and a lazy tongs structure secured to a signal arm made of bendable material, said "structure being connectedwith said "gear Wheels so thatit is operated by the movement 7 of the said gear heels; whereby the movement of the said armature in one d rectlon causes the sald slgnal arm to be extended out of the casing While its movement in the opposite direction causes 1t'to be retracted'wlthin the said casing.

2. Ina signaldevice, the combination of' a casing, an electro-magnet located Within the said casing, an armature therefor located Within the said casing, means operative to force the said armature away from the said electro-lmagnet, tWo lntermeshlng gearwheels, a lazy-tongs structure comprising pivoted bars, the rear bars thereof being operatively connected to the said gear wheels so that" their revolution moves the said lazy-tongs structure out of the said casing, a signal arm made of fabric and hav- 1ng its rear; secured to a roller, a spring normally urgmg the sad roller to retract the saldslgnal arm into the said casing, and

teeth located on the said armature and 'meshing-With one of the said gear Wheel-s,

so that When the said electro-magnet is ener- "giz'ed, iturgeis the said armature to operate the said gear Wheels, and forces the said signal ann out of the casing! I l 3. In asignal device,'the combinationgof a casing, int'ermes'hing gear Wheels mounted on pivot members connected to the said cas- 7 mg, a lazy-tongs structure "comprislng plvoted bars, the rear bars of said lazy-tongs structure being connected to the" said pivot members so that the revolution of'the said gear Wheels extends or collapses'the said 'lazy-tongsf'structure, a signallarm made of flexible material and connected to'the said lazy-tongs structure'so as to'be operated by V the vmovement thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. 7 j i MAX SHAPIRO. 

